OXUDERCINAE, Gunther, 1861

Larson, Helen K., Jaafar, Zeehan & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2008, An Annotated Checklist Of The Gobioid Fishes Of Singapore, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1), pp. 135-155 : 139-141

SUBFAMILY OXUDERCINAE

Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker)

Apocryptes madurensis Bleeker, 1849: 35 (Freto Madurae prope Surabaya et Bangcallang, Java, Indonesia).

Apocryptes glyphisodon – Bleeker, 1861: 32, 56 ( Singapore); Fowler, 1938: 212 ( Singapore).

Apocryptodon sealei – Herre & Myers, 1937: 46 (reef at Singapore).

Apocryptodon madurensis – Koumans, 1953: 254–255 ( Singapore); Murdy, 1989: 9 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore); Larson & Lim, 2005: 68 (Sarimbun).

ZRC material from: Pulau Hantu, Sarimbun mangroves, Pasir Ris,

Pulau Ubin.

Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas)

Gobius boddarti Pallas, 1770: 11 , Pl.2, Figs. 4–5 (Indian Ocean).

Boleophthalmus boddaerti – Karoli, 1882: 166 (Change [= Changi]) (lapsus); Bleeker, 1859–60b,c: 238, 450 ( Singapore); Bleeker,

1861: 57 ( Singapore); Fowler 1938: 213 ( Singapore, Changi); Ip et al., 1990: 83 ( Singapore).

Boleophthalmus boddarti – Koumans, 1953: 259–260 ( Singapore); Murdy, 1989: 14 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 258 ( Singapore); Lim & Low, 1998: 139 ( Singapore); Ng & Sivasothi, 1999: 139 ( Singapore); Chua, 2002: 108 (Chek Jawa); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson & Lim, 2005: 73 (Seletar Dam).

Boleopthalmus boddaerti – Gomez, 1980: 95 ( Singapore).

ZRC material from: Sungei Pandan, Sungei Berih, Sungei Poyan,

Sungei Buloh, Sungei Seletar, Pulau Seletar, Punggol, Sungei

Serangoon, Pasir Ris.

Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux & Souleyet

Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1848: 182 , Pl. 8, Fig. 3 ( Macao); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore).

Apocryptes dentatus – Martens, 1876: 392 ( Singapore); Fowler, 1938: 212 ( Singapore).

Remarks: No recent material from Singapore observed.

Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson)

Apocryptes serperaster Richardson, 1846: 206 ( Macao, China).

Parapocryptes macrolepis – Fowler, 1938: 219 ( Singapore); Koumans, 1953: 251 ( Singapore).

Apocryptes macrolepis – Bleeker, 1859–60b,c: 238, 450 ( Singapore); Bleeker, 1861: 56 ( Singapore).

Parapocryptes serperaster – Murdy, 1989: 24 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Larson & Lim, 2005: 128.

ZRC material from: Sungei Seletar.

Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas)

Gobius schlosseri Pallas, 1770: 5 , Pl. 1, Figs. 1–4 ( Ambon, Indonesia).

Periophthalmus schlosseri – Cantor, 1850: 1173 ( Singapore); Bleeker, 1852a: 58 ( Singapore); Bleeker, 1861: 57 ( Singapore); Duncker, 1905: 160–161 (Changi, Pulau Obi, Singapore).

Periophthalmodon schlosseri – Herre & Myers, 1937: 46 (Pulau Ubin); Fowler, 1938: 220 ( Singapore); Koumans, 1953: 216– 217 ( Singapore); Tham, 1973: 218 ( Singapore); Chua, 1973: 526 (Ponggol Estuary); Johnson, 1973b: 135 ( Singapore); Gomez, 1980: 95 ( Singapore); Ip et al., 1990: 83 ( Singapore); Murdy, 1989: 28 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Lim & Low, 1998: 139 ( Singapore); Ng & Sivasothi, 1999: 138139 (in part; Singapore); Chua, 2002: 109 (in part; Chek Jawa); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Chua et al., 2003: 54 ( Singapore); Larson & Lim, 2005: 129 (Pulau Ubin).

ZRC material from: Pasir Panjang, Sungei Pandan, Sungei Tengeh,

Pulau Buloh, Sungei Buloh, Sungei Kranji, Mandai mangroves,

Sungei Simpang, Khatib Bongsu, Sungei Seletar, Loyang mangroves, Pulau Ubin, Changi Point.

Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes

Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837: 191 (L’ile de Waigio and d’Oualan and Java and New Guinea); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Larson & Lim, 2005: 130.

Periophthalmus vulgaris ceylonensis – Koumans, 1953: 212 ( Singapore); Gomez, 1980: 95 ( Singapore).

ZRC material from: Sungei Kallang, Sungei Sembawang, Sungei

Simpang, Pulau Ubin, Changi Point.

Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker

Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1852d: 728 (Karang, Banka Island, Indonesia); Steindachner, 1870: 563 ( Singapore); Karoli, 1882: 166 (Sarangoon); Koumans, 1953: 202–203 ( Singapore); Tham, 1973: 218 ( Singapore); Gomez, 1980: 95 ( Singapore); Ip et al., 1990: 83 ( Singapore); Murdy, 1989: 36 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Lim & Low, 1998: 140 (Siglap canal); Chua, 2002: 41, 59, 109 (Chek Jawa); Tan & Yeo, 2003: 40 (Chek Jawa); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson & Lim, 2005: 131 (Chek Jawa).

? Periophthalmus Koelreuteri – Karoli, 1882: 166 ( Singapore).

Periophthalmus barbarus – Fowler, 1938: 220 (Serangoon, Singapore).

ZRC material from: Siglap canal, West Coast Park, Pulau Retan Laut, Raffles Lighthouse, Pulau Seletar, Pasir Ris, Pulau Ubin, Changi beach, Pulau Tekong.

Remarks: Karoli’s Periophthalmus koelreuteri is possibly this species; he included material from Japan and Borneo under the same name.

Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert

Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935: 79 (Tjilatjap, Java; Mole, Batavia; Sumatra, Indonesia); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Larson & Lim, 2005: 132 ( Singapore).

ZRC material from: Fort Road canal, St John’s Island, Lim Chu

Kang mangroves, Sungei Simpang, Pulau Seletar, Sungei Serangoon,

Pulau Tekong.

Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert

Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert, 1935: 62 , Figs. 3–4 ( Singapore); Koumans, 1953: 205 ( Singapore); Gomez, 1980: 95 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 (presumably Singapore).

Remarks: The types of this species were destroyed in WWII (Murdy,

1989). No recent material from Singapore observed.

Periophthalmus novemradiatus Hamilton

Gobius novemradiatus Hamilton, 1822: 47 , 366, Pl. 2, Fig. 14 (Uttarbhag, Ganges Delta, India).

Periophthalmus novemradiatus – Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Lim & Low, 1998: 140 ( Singapore); Ng & Sivasothi, 1999: 139 ( Singapore); Chua 2002: 109 (Chek Jawa);

Tan & Yeo, 2003: 40 (Chek Jawa); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson & Lim, 2005: 133 (Sungei Simpang, Loyang mangroves) .

ZRC material from: Siglap canal, St John’s Island, Sungei Pandan,

Lim Chu Kang mangroves, Sungei Simpang, Khatib Bongsu, Pulau

Seletar, Punggol, Sungei Serangoon, Loyang mangroves, Pulau

Ubin, Pulau Tekong.

Periophthalmus walailakae Darumas and Tantichodok

Periophthalmus walailakae Darumas and Tantichodok, 2001: 102– 106 (Ngo, Ranong Province, southern Thailand); Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh); Larson & Lim, 2005: 134 (Seletar Dam, Sungei Simpang).

Periophthalmodon schlosseri (non-Pallas) – Ng & Sivasothi, 1999: 138–139 (in part; Singapore); Chua, 2002 (in part; Chek Jawa).

Periophthalmus novemradiatus (non-Hamilton) – Chua et al., 2003: 54 ( Singapore).

ZRC material from: Sungei Buloh, Sungei Simpang, Khatib Bongsu,

Pulau Seletar, Pasir Ris, Pulau Ubin.

Remarks: Jaafar et al., (2006) discussed this species in Singapore,

in comparison with Periophthalmodon schlosseri .

Pseudapocryptes borneensis (Bleeker)

Apocryptes borneensis Bleeker, 1855b: 421 (Bandjermassing, Borneo, Indonesia).

Pseudapocryptes borneensis – Murdy, 1989: 46 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore); Larson & Lim, 2005: 138.

Remarks: No recent material from Singapore observed.

Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier)

Gobius elongatus Cuvier, 1816: 255 ( Tranquebar) .

Apocryptes lanceolatus – Cantor, 1850: 1169 ( Singapore); Bleeker, 1861: 56 ( Singapore); Martens, 1876: 392 ( Singapore); Duncker, 1905: 160 ( Singapore).

Apocryptes changua – Bleeker, 1852a: 53, 58 ( Singapore).

Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus – Herre & Myers, 1937: 46 (Pulau Ubin); Fowler, 1938: 220–221 ( Singapore); Koumans, 1953: 248–249 ( Singapore); Gomez, 1980: 95 ( Singapore); Murdy, 1989: 48 ( Singapore); Lim & Larson, 1994: 260 ( Singapore).

Pseudopocrptes [sic] lanceolatus – Anonymous, 2003: 94 (Sungei Buloh). Pseudapocryptes elongatus – Larson & Lim, 2005: 139 ( Singapore). ZRC material from: Sungei Pandan, Sungei Buloh, Sungei Punggol, Pasir Ris, Pulau Tekong.

Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes)

Boleophthalmus histophorus Valenciennes, 1837: 210 ( Bombay and Ganges River).

Scartelaos viridis – Gomez, 1980: 95 ( Singapore); Ip et al., 1990: 83 ( Singapore).

Scartelaos histophorus – Lim & Larson, 1994: 261 ( Singapore); Chua, 2002: 109 (Chek Jawa); Larson & Lim, 2005: 147 (Pasir Ris).

ZRC material from: Pasir Ris, Pulau Ubin.

Figures

Fig. 4. Cryptocentrus inexplicatus (BPBM 21880 - 4.7 cm SL) from Pulau Salu, 29 Jul. 1977. Photgraph by J. E. Randall.

Fig. 5. Cryptocentrus strigilliceps at Pulau Hantu. Photograph by Jani Thuaibah.

Fig. 3. Amblyeleotris periophthalma at Pulau Hantu. Photograph by Jani Thuaibah.

Fig. 1. Map showing Singapore and surrounding areas. Interrupted line represents the Singapore-Malaysia border. Inset is map of insular Southeast Asia with black rectangle indicating the position of Singapore. Pulau (island), Sungei (stream or river), Terumbu and Berting (reef). 1. Alligator Island (Pulau Pawai), 2. Bedok, 3. Bedok jetty, 4. Berting Bemban Laut, 5. Berting Bronok, 6. Botanic Gardens, 7. Changi beach, 8. Changi Point, 9. Coney Island (Pulau Serangoon), 10. Cyrene Reef (Terumbu Pandan), 11. Fort Road canal, 12. Geylang, 13. Kallang basin, 14. Khatib Bongsu, 15. Kranji mangroves, 16. Labrador beach, 17. Lim Chu Kang mangroves, 18. Lorong Banir, 19. Lower Peirce Reservoir, 20. Lower Seletar Reservoir, 21. Loyang mangroves, 22. MacRitchie Reservoir, 23. Mandai mangroves, 24. Mandai Road, 25. Murai Reservoir, 26. Nee Soon swamp-forest, 27. Pasir Panjang, 28. Pasir Ris, 29. Pulau Ayer Merbau, 30. Pulau Brani, 31. Pulau Buloh, 32. Pulau Hantu, 33. Pulau Retan Laut, 34. Pulau Sajahat, 35. Pulau Salu, 36. Pulau Sekudu, 37. Pulau Seletar, 38. Pulau Semakau, 39. Pulau Seringat, 40. Pulau Ubin, 41. Pulau Tekong, 42. Punggol, 43. Raffles Lighthouse, 44. Raffles Marina, 45. Sarimbun mangroves, 46. Seletar Dam, 47. Seletar Wet Gap, 48. Sembawang beach, 49. Sentosa, 50. Serangoon, 51. Siglap canal, 52. Sime Road forest, 53. Singapore River, 54. Sister’s Island, 55. St. John’s Island, 56. Sultan Shoal, 57. Sungei Berih (now part of Poyan Reservoir), 58. Sungei Buloh, 59. Sungei Changi, 60. Sungei Kallang, 61. Sungei Kangkar, 62. Sungei Kranji (now Kranji Reservoir), 63. Sungei Mandai, 64. Sungei Pandan, 65. Sungei Pinang, 66. Sungei Poyan (now Poyan Reservoir), 67. Sungei Punggol, 68. Sungei Sawa, 69. Sungei Seletar (now Lower Seletar Reservoir), 70. Sungei Sembawang, 71. Sungei Serangoon, 72. Sungei Simpang, 73. Sungei Tengeh (now Tengeh Reservoir), 74. Sungei Tuas, 75. Tengeh Reservoir, 77. Terumbu Pempang Laut, 78. Tuas basin, 79. Upper Seletar Reservoir, 80. West Coast Park, 81. Woodlands Road, 82. Woodleigh, 83. Yishun.

Fig. 2. Calamiana polylepis from Pasir Ris, ZRC 50569: a, 21 mm SL male; b, 21 mm SL female. Photographs by Tan Heok Hui.